mew

Meanings

Plural: mews

Noun

the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this)
the common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America
A gull, seagull.
A prison, or other place of confinement.
A hiding place; a secret store or den.
A breeding-cage for birds.
A cage for hawks, especially while moulting.
A building or set of buildings where moulting birds are kept.
The crying sound of a cat; a meow, especially of a kitten.
The crying sound of a gull or buzzard.
An exclamation of disapproval; a boo.

Verb

cry like a cat
utter a high-pitched cry, as of seagulls
To shut away, confine, lock up.
To moult.
To cause to moult.
To shed antlers.
To meow.
To make its cry.
To flatten one's tongue against the roof of the mouth, with the aim of improving jaw and facial structure.

Intj

A cat's (especially a kitten's) cry.
A gull's or buzzard's cry.
An exclamation of disapproval; boo.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English mewe, mowe, meau, from Old English mǣw (“seagull”), from Proto-West Germanic *maiwī, from Proto-Germanic *mai(h)waz (“seagull”). See also West Frisian meau, miuw, Dutch meeuw, German Möwe (whence Polish mewa); akin to Latvian maût (“to roar”), Old Church Slavonic мꙑꙗти (myjati, “to mew”).

Synonyms

Larus canus, meow, mew gull, miaou, miaow, miaul, sea mew

Scrabble Score: 8

mew is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
mew is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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Words With Friends Score: 9

mew is a valid Words With Friends word